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Mailbox
This week in Mailbox: The first Bohemian chronicler Cosmas, listening to Radio Prague on smart phones, listening in the Czech Republic, a comment on the reduction of the…
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Magazine
A Czech artist has created a six-meter high statue made up of 85,000 keys, Czech fashion students have created a spectacular evening dress covered with fish scales and…
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Only Czech film in main competition at One World captures transformation process in Kyrgyzstan
All that Glitters by Tomáš Kudrna is the only Czech film in the main competition at the One World festival of human rights documentaries in Prague. The film is about what…
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Czech humanitarian worker in Haiti safely recovered after five-day abduction
There are only a handful of Czech humanitarian aid workers in Haiti; on Monday it emerged that one of them had been kidnapped last week and held for seven days. The aid…
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New take on legendary Velorex three-wheeler unveiled at Brno car show
It’s been sixty years since the legendary Czech three-wheeler, Velorex, first took to the road. Ridiculed by some and admired by others, the curious vehicle gained many…
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North America’s “punk Islam” scene focus of One World film Taqwacore
The film Taqwacore, which is being screened in the One World festival of human rights documentaries in Prague, focuses on young American Muslims who have embraced…
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Czech watchdog proposes EU data retention directive be looked into by Constitutional Court
The watchdog organization Iuridicum Remedium is proposing that the European Directive for Data Retention be looked into by the Czech Constitutional Court to assess if it…
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Situation in Iran among themes of 2010 One World festival
The 12th One World (Jeden Svět) festival of human rights documentaries gets underway in Prague on Wednesday evening. Over eight days it will screen 101 films from 30…
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Minister of Human Rights slams public broadcaster for showing communist era news
Old TV news has been in the news recently here in the Czech Republic. Michael Kocáb, the human rights minister, has slammed the public broadcaster Czech TV for showing…
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New Defence Ministry site provides information on Czech soldiers killed abroad during world wars
The fates of Czech soldiers who died abroad during the first and second world wars are being mapped in a newly created War Graves Record. The internet-based project…
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Trade union leader ostracized for outrageous homophobic remarks
Transport and services union leader Jaromír Dušek has evoked outrage on the Czech political scene by launching a vicious and homophobic attack on the management of Czech…
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NGOs look to bring back spirit of activism on 100th Women’s Day
Monday is International Women’s Day, and in 2010 that means one hundred years since the holiday was introduced. The idea to highlight the struggle for women’s rights…
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